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are readers of jour journal, I have thought it might 

 be well to call their attention to the subject, and it 

 may perhaps lead to further investigation and useful 

 results." 



In a late number of the Country Gentleman^ Mr. 

 E. T. Selden, of Westchester Co., New York, has re- 

 ported some experiments in feeding, that seem to 

 throw a clear light on this subject. " I have been try- 

 ing," he remarks, " some experiments with corn-stalks, 

 and also with corn and cob meal. When the stalks 

 are cut about an inch long, I find my cattle and sheep 

 will eat nearly one-third more of them than of the 

 whole stalks. Also I find that when I cut them much 

 smaller say one-fourth or one-eighth inch and pour 

 hot water over them, to stand a few hours, the differ- 

 ence is so great I can hardly believe it. They do not 

 leave a gill, and they thrive on it wonderfully. I find, 

 by a fair and careful trial, that they gain on this fod- 

 der more than on the best hay. 



"I have also tried grinding my corn in the ear 

 with an iron mill. I have long thought the cob to be 

 nutritious, and I have now given it a full trial. I be- 

 lieve it is said the cob weighs one-fifth of the whole 

 ear. For the sake of giving it a fair test, I have fed 

 alongside of this another preparation, which is corn- 

 meal without the cob, but instead of the cob one-fifth 

 weight of oat-straw cut fine. In this mixture the 

 weight of oat-straw is the same as the weight of the 

 cob in the other, so as to make a fair comparison. 



" After trying for several weeks, I found the corn 

 and cob meal came out a little ahead ; that is, the 



